The Bastard has a New Hero

Surely you recall the legendary tale of David Phillips, “The Pudding Guy” who accumulated 1,253,000 frequent flyer miles by buying up pudding and asking the Salvation Army to help him peel off the UPC codes for a mail in promotion? Truly, a giant in frequent flyer hoardage and a man who casts a long shadow.

Today, the Bastard learned of the story of lovetravellingoz, an Aussie poster on the FlyerTalk forums that successfully accumulated 2,800,000 frequent flyer miles through an Austrailian Amex promotion that rewarded miles for each AmEx transaction. In and of itself, this feat and his recounting of how it changed his life, driving him to shop constantly and make minuscule purchases on his AmEx like coffees or doughnuts, is amazing and worthy of deep Bastardly admiration. But when he got to the part about buying a single beer every day from a place that featured singles from around the world, well, that took it to a whole new level. The frightening, disgusting level where the Bastard wanted to tongue-kiss him and gently caress his cock through his stiff aussie blue-jeans.

* So that began a bit of extra fun and an expansion of my beer knowledge. I resolved to try a different beer each day and this became a fun part of my day (much of the other shopping became a detested, but necessary chore).
* Many of the beers were kept cold in the store, and so on some days I might also treat myself to a refreshing beer at lunchtime too!!!!
* My Beer tasting was by far my favourite part of earning the tx and a grand way to rack up a Business Class return to Europe which I calculate is what I achieved!!!!!

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Lesson: Strive for the deal, live for the deal, BE the deal. And if you do, you may someday be good enough to join this class of giants and earn the Bastard’s admiration. Maybe.